A NEW grant program will support up to 50 Aboriginal health clinicians to upskill in women’s health, as part of a broader push to improve culturally safe care for First Nations women and girls across Victoria.<\/p>\n
Victorian Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas announced the $300,000 initiative at the Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Partnership Forum in Ballarat on Wednesday last week.<\/p>\n
The program will provide one-off grants of up to $5,000 for clinicians working in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs).<\/p>\n
The grants aim to strengthen the Aboriginal women’s health workforce by helping clinicians build skills in sexual, reproductive and general women’s health care.<\/p>\n
“We know that when we listen to Aboriginal Victorians, we get the best health outcomes,” Thomas said.<\/p>\n
“These grants will upskill 50 clinicians right around Victoria \u2013 equipping them with the tools, confidence and skills they need to provide the very best care to First Nations women.”<\/p>\n
The program is being delivered through the Victorian Aboriginal Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO).<\/p>\n
VACCHO chief executive Dr Jill Gallagher said the investment would embed cultural safety and self-determination into care for First Nations women.<\/p>\n
“Aboriginal women know what our communities need and these grants will help to build and strengthen the Aboriginal women’s health workforce embedding cultural safety and better care,” Dr Gallagher said.<\/p>\n
“Self-determination in Aboriginal women’s health care is the only way we can ensure we keep our mothers, aunties, sisters and daughters safe, healthy and thriving for generations to come.”<\/p>\n
The funding forms part of the Victorian government’s $153 million women’s health package, which includes 20 new women’s health clinics, a mobile and virtual clinic program, and a dedicated Aboriginal women’s health clinic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A NEW grant program will support up to 50 Aboriginal health clinicians to upskill in women’s health, as part of a broader push to improve culturally safe care for First Nations women and girls across Victoria. Victorian Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas announced the $300,000 initiative at the Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Partnership Forum in Ballarat […]<\/p>\n